Electric heater



1. F. nosas. suscrmc HEATER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. |921.

Patentd Jan. 17, 192.2

JNVENTQR. fare/1% FRoelr MMM' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. ROBERTS, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

appncauon and mich 22, 1921.

T o ali 'whom it may concern:

lie it lnown that l. .losici'ii l". ll\oni:n'rs, a citizen of the Unite'd States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Electric Heater, of which the `following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to an electrical heater and its object is to produce a heater which is capable of being used for a number of urposes;

ne o'bject of the invention is to produce s. heater capable of being rotated to any desired position, which is light enough to be suspended from the ordinary1 wall socket.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a base for the heater, which will permit it to be set up upon a table or other surface with the beam of'refiected heat or light, in case a lamp is used in place ot' the heater, ex tending horizontally, and also to provide the heater with legs whereby it may be turned down Hat, in order that it may be used for cooking purposes in connection with the heater.

Another object of the invention is to provide a socket in the heater which will enable a lamp or a heating element to loe interY changed.

Another object of the invention is to provide the reflector with double walls, so that there is no danger of any person being burned. should he come in Contact with the body of the reflector.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guard, which is Capable of beingr held at a suitable distance m the reflector' to prevent clothing or any other thing` afcidently comin;r in contact with thc lit-atingr element, but which lf riiaril is capable of bein;-

moved flown clos.x to the healer coil when thc heater is to be used for cookingr purposes.

In the drawings in which the` sume roten ence numeral is applied to the same portions throughout the several iii-ws,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the complete heater.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the complete heater.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the guard de.'- tached from the heater. and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the heater showing the guard in the position to protect Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1:7, 1922. Seri'al No. 454,571.

the heating element from accidental contact therewith of clothing or'curtains.

The heater comprises thevreectin shades 1 and 2 connected together at their e ges and spaced from each other far enough to produce an airspace which will prevent theshell from becoming hot enough to burn anything brought in contact therewith.

The outer shell is provided with a plurality of legs 3 and 4, which enable'the heater to be set up on a fiat surface with the edge of the reflector shell horizontal.

At the top of shell 1 there is a casing 5, which is secured thereto over a thimble 6. The thimble 6 has a, flange 7 within the casing 5 to support the latter and there is a pin 8 which holds the thimble closely in Contact with the casing 5, while permitting it to be partially rotated at will.

The thimble 6 has two ears 9 and 10 and a thumb screw 11 which enables the ears to be thrown upon the screw plug 12 While permitting the thimble to be moved with respcct thereto. i.

At the bottom of the shell 1 there is a box like casing 13 which affords a base for: the heater to be stood up, in the position shown in Figure 2, upon a Hat surface,` and within the shell there is a casing 14 which supports a socket 15, to which the electric wires carried by the cable 16 are connected.

The heating element consists of a well known form of spirally wound resistin .Wire on an insulating cylinder I7. This cy inder has two legs 18 and 19 connected therewith, which are in turn connected to the screw plug 20. which plug is screwed into the socket 15 and may be removed therefrom when 1t is desired to substitute a lamp in the place of the heating element.

The guard consists of a wire circle 21 connected to a plurality of curved outwardly extending arms 22 to 27 inclusive. Two pairs of said arms are connected together. as indicated at 28 and 29 and all of the arms cxtehd at right angles to the circle E21 at their outer cndsfas indicated at 30 and 33 1n Figure 3.

The arms 30 to 33 are all provided with two crim ed portions 34 and 35 in order to hold to tlije guard in either of two prositmns, that is in the position shown in igure 2 wlii-n the guard is Close to the heating element, or in a position shown in. rieure 4,1n which the guard is shown in its outermost means to secure it in different position with the ends of the' legs 30 to 33 engaging the bottom 36 of the heater shell. The outer heater shell is provided withV a plurality of openings 37 in order to permit the escape of heated air from the space be tween the tivo shells, and it also has an opening 38 near its center adjacentto opening 39 formed in the inner shell 2 to permit the escape of water or'other liquid which happens to fall into the shell 2.

I claiml. An electric heater comprising the combination of' a reflector, a socket plugr for supporting the reflector on which it may be rotated. a detachable heating element Carried by the reflector, and a guard frame havin? positions wit 1 respect to the heater.

2. An electric heater comprising a reflector, means to support the reflector with detachaby 'consisting of a. reflector, a socket plug, means to connect the plug to the reflector to allow it to be turned on two axes, a heating element connected to the reflector, and a at guar frame having means to secure it ytothe reflector in different positions` eh An electric heater of the class described comprising a reflector, legs to support the reflector with its edge horizontal, and a guard having legs tov hold it in different positions with respect to the reflector.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10da of March, A. D. 1921.

JO EPH F. ROBERTS. 

